Status of Python threading support (GIL removal)?

[Hendrik van Rooyen]

"Paul Rubin" <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:

> "Hendrik van Rooyen" <mail at microcorp.co.za> writes:
> > I think that this is because (like your link has shown) the problem
> > is really not trivial, and also because the model that can bring
> > sanity to the party (independent threads/processes that communicate
> > with queued messages) is seen as inefficient at small scale.
> 
> That style works pretty well in Python and other languages.  The main
> gripe about it for Python is the subject of this thread, i.e. the GIL.

I have found that if you accept it, and sprinkle a few judicious 
time.sleep(short_time)'s around, things work well. Sort of choosing
yourself when the thread gives up its turn.

- Hendrik